Leaving a peanut so that someone might break the shell to the nut inside.

"Opening Night" by Shel Silverstein

She had the jittersShe had the fluShe showed up lateShe missed her cueShe kicked the directorShe screamed at the crewAnd tripped on a propAnd fell in some gooAnd ripped her costumeA place or twoThen she forgotA line she knewAnd went “Meow” Instead of “Moo” She heard ‘em giggle She heard ‘em boo The programs sailed The popcorn flew As she stomped offstage With a boo-hoo-hoo The fringe of the curtain Got caught in her shoe The set crashed down The lights did too Maybe that’s why she didn’t want to do An interview.

Roscoe Expertly Removing the Shell

Rewards Come To Those Hungry for What’s Within

Listen and See: The Divine Symphony

"If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel’s heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence . . . "
- George Eliot, Middlemarch